El-Sayed to attend religious convention criticized for inviting 9/11 conspiracy theorists

WASHINGTON — Michigan Senate hopeful Dr.Abdul El-Sayed is heading to an Islamic convention over the weekend that has faced criticism for inviting multiple Sept.

11, 2001 terrorist attack conspiracy theorists.On Saturday, he’s slated to join a panel at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention in Detroit and be joined by “The Young Turks” founder Cenk Uygur and Muslim cleric Zaid Shakir, both of whom have cast doubts on what really happened on 9/11, the Washington Free Beacon first reported.Both men have raised questions about the government’s version of what took place during the tragic attacks that killed some 3,000 people.The convention is taking place some six days before the 25th anniversary of the attack.“I no longer believe [the] official 9/11 story.

Two paper passports did not burn and were found on the rubble but it was so hot WTC7 burned down across the street.Nonsense,” Uygur wrote in a shocking X post back in February.“It’s time to look for who gained from 9/11.

Our government doesn’t work for us.They’ve been lying [the] whole time.”Uygur is the uncle of notorious streamer Hasan Piker, though he has pushed back against some of the Twitch star’s outlandish claims, including his assertion in 2019 that America “deserved” the Sept.

11, 2001 attacks.The “Young Turks” host has long trafficked in lefty populist politics, but has also made overtures to conservative figures.He got Piker to begrudgingly somewhat concede it was an “inappropriate” comment about the 9/11 attacks.El-Sayed has stumped with Piker repeatedly on the campaign trail.

While he has denounced some of Piker’s controversial claims, including that America “deserved” 9/11, El-Sayed refused to disavow him.In fact, he stumped with Piker during the final day of his Democratic primary.Meanwhile, Shakir has argued that there are “glaring weaknesses and inconsistencies” with the official account of what happened in the 9/11 attacks....